How to decline additional responsibilities because I'm planning on leaving the company?

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I have been working for a multinational company in Portugal for approximately 4 years.



My manager is on an indeterminate leave and I have been acting as her back-up, because I am the person with most experience in our small team. I don’t enjoy these additional responsibilities, as I prefer production work, rather than management/administrative work.



I have been planing to leave the company by the end of the year, and start working as a freelancer in the beginning of next year. I would like to leave on good terms, as I hope this company will become one of my clients.



However, I am not ready to tell the company that I plan on leaving, so how should I tell the office director that I should not be considered a replacement and that they should look for someone else?




Note that this is not a duplicate of the following questions, because I am not getting a promotion/additional responsibilities due to merit, and I want to leave the company:



How can I turn down a promotion gracefully?



Decline promotion because planning to change jobs?



I don’t want a promotion









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    I have been working for a multinational company in Portugal for approximately 4 years.



    My manager is on an indeterminate leave and I have been acting as her back-up, because I am the person with most experience in our small team. I don’t enjoy these additional responsibilities, as I prefer production work, rather than management/administrative work.



    I have been planing to leave the company by the end of the year, and start working as a freelancer in the beginning of next year. I would like to leave on good terms, as I hope this company will become one of my clients.



    However, I am not ready to tell the company that I plan on leaving, so how should I tell the office director that I should not be considered a replacement and that they should look for someone else?




    Note that this is not a duplicate of the following questions, because I am not getting a promotion/additional responsibilities due to merit, and I want to leave the company:



    How can I turn down a promotion gracefully?



    Decline promotion because planning to change jobs?



    I don’t want a promotion









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      I have been working for a multinational company in Portugal for approximately 4 years.



      My manager is on an indeterminate leave and I have been acting as her back-up, because I am the person with most experience in our small team. I don’t enjoy these additional responsibilities, as I prefer production work, rather than management/administrative work.



      I have been planing to leave the company by the end of the year, and start working as a freelancer in the beginning of next year. I would like to leave on good terms, as I hope this company will become one of my clients.



      However, I am not ready to tell the company that I plan on leaving, so how should I tell the office director that I should not be considered a replacement and that they should look for someone else?




      Note that this is not a duplicate of the following questions, because I am not getting a promotion/additional responsibilities due to merit, and I want to leave the company:



      How can I turn down a promotion gracefully?



      Decline promotion because planning to change jobs?



      I don’t want a promotion









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      I have been working for a multinational company in Portugal for approximately 4 years.



      My manager is on an indeterminate leave and I have been acting as her back-up, because I am the person with most experience in our small team. I don’t enjoy these additional responsibilities, as I prefer production work, rather than management/administrative work.



      I have been planing to leave the company by the end of the year, and start working as a freelancer in the beginning of next year. I would like to leave on good terms, as I hope this company will become one of my clients.



      However, I am not ready to tell the company that I plan on leaving, so how should I tell the office director that I should not be considered a replacement and that they should look for someone else?




      Note that this is not a duplicate of the following questions, because I am not getting a promotion/additional responsibilities due to merit, and I want to leave the company:



      How can I turn down a promotion gracefully?



      Decline promotion because planning to change jobs?



      I don’t want a promotion







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